Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
Well, it is a point of view that I would not altogether disagree with.
The popular perception of Scottish history is shot through with myth and "myth"-information. Trevor-Roper (Lord Dacre) was that most rare sort of gentleman-- an academic historian without bias. I would suggest that reading his book, rather than relying on inflammatory headlines and out of context quotes, should be the order of the day.

The statement regarding the "Hitler diaries" is pretty much off the mark-- There is a book on the subject (sorry, can't remember the title) that casts T-R's authentication of the diaries in a significantly different light. T-R had numerous reservations about the diaries, which the Sunday Time chose to ignore in their publicity campaign to promote the diaries as "authentic".

Again, read the book, not the headlines.